1 12 23 http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/d1a5ae0c6a91f46fd01c9be01d2abce8.pdf 4c1bfaee8dfe0dac8bcba023b669b514 PDF Text Text ·c: "' 0 N "' E ~ " ~ .:< d Jose Kaiabi at the First Encounter of Indian People of Rondonia, Brazil. See Pages 2 and 3. South and Central American Indian Information Center P.O. Box 7550 Berkeley, CA 94 707 USA � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Back Cover Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Back Cover Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (20).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/d3060a2d9e629c8bf12751c6e0e0526a.pdf 70517af30a7cbe93dbd09a8a1dd41baf PDF Text Text SAIIC promotes exchange and unity among all Indians of the Americas by making information available and by making increased direct communication possible. SAIIC also makes South and Central American Indian issues and culture known to the general English-speaking public. The Newsletter, one of SAIIC's projects, reflects indigenous perspectives of the Americas. Nilo Cayuqueo, SAIIC Coordinator, and Susan Lobo, Publications Editor SAIIC welcomes the energy and ideas of volunteers. All donations are tax deductible. If you can help, please write or call us at (415) 452-1235. Thanks. For production assistance we thank the American Friends Service Committee, Intertribal Friendship House, Wes Huss, Bobsey Draper, and the SAIIC Committee: Monti Aguirre, Peggy Lowry, Rayen Cayuqueo, Anna Lugo Stephenson, Maria Massolo, James Muneta, Glenn Switkes, and Jo Tucker. Pete Hammer typeset and co-edited this issue. Special thanks for work on this issue to Antonia Luisa, May Blos, Juan Bottasso, Miguel Cavallin, Ester Hernandez, Marie Helene Leroque, Cynthia Mahabir, and Sylvia Ramirez. NEWSLETTER To receive the SAIIC Newsletter for one year please send a donation of $6 for addresses in the United States, Mexico, and Canada or $8 for addresses elsewhere. 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Box 7550, BerkeleY, CA 94707 USA Vol: 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Published quarterly by SAIIC © 1986. Page J9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statement of Mission and Subscription Details (Newsletter, Publications, and Radio Show) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Statement of Mission and Subscription Details (Newsletter, Publications, and Radio Show) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (19).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/d1097b046abf4f0f0ed0864e3021048b.pdf 3cf25787c8fa1d8cdbda7d8b24d27ebf PDF Text Text We've worked with the Western Shoshone people in their fight to maintain their ancestral homeland. They were also able to successfully defeat the MX missile that was proposed to go into Nevada. They used the argument that they held title to the land and it worked. We've worked with women's health projects. We've worked with women who were interested in reviewing traditional methods of healing and midwifery. They have been very successful in their communities in bringing women together to talk about their common concerns and to gain control over their reproductive rights. We've worked with over 85 projects in the past eight years and they are all grassroots, Indian-controlled, Indian-initiated projects in Canada and the United States. SAIIC: How have you now become involved with some hemispheric-wide concerns of Indian people? Victoria: We became involved as an organization in 1981 when the people in Guatemala asked us to speak out on their behalf. We ran a full-page ad in The New York Times denouncing the Guatemalan government for their brutalization of the Guatemalan people, in particular the Indian people who are the majority in that country. We keep finding, no matter where we go or who we talk to, that our concerns as Indian people are the same concerns. We're all concerned about our land, our spirituality, our families, our communities, and our rights to exist as separate, distinct people. Those are themes that come up over and over again. And they are the same issues that people involved in both hemispheres are working on right now. I think that we have a lot to learn from one another as Indian people, and I think that we can help one another. You know, it's all community. We are talking about community, and there are many people now working in both the United States and Canada to rebuild their communities and rebuild their nations. I think it is time to start reaching out to other Indian people in Central America and South America and to start rebuilding the ties that we've had over the centuries. For more information about the Seventh Generation Fund, write P.O. Box 10, Forestville, CA 94536. Art Dealers Raid Indian Heritage John Ross, a correspondent writing from Peru, reports that the heritage of Indian civilizations is vanishing from under the noses of the Peruvian and Mexican governments. The Peruvian government is concerned that some 50,000 objects created by Indian cultures before the European invasion are being stolen by graverobbers and art dealers each year. But descendants of the Incas argue that the government's policy of nationalizing such objects constitutes theft of Indian heritage by non-Indian governments. "The whites manipulate our culture. They make laws for their own class and state which, of course, is not truly national, since we, the majority of the population, are excluded from power," says Salvador Palomino, a Quechua-speaking descendant of the Incas and one Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page P �of the founders of the South American Indian Council (CISA), with headquarters in Lima. "They take our mummies and insult the dead by displaying them as they do. They take our religion and use our creations to justify their ethnocentric theories which say that European cultures were the height of civilization. When I go to their museums, a profound sadness comes over me." Several years ago CISA successfully prevented exhibition in the United States of a stela from the ancient Chavin culture because "we feared it would be lost to us forever." Palomino and other Indian leaders propose a system of regional museums for Peru run by the nation's 64 Indian groups. "We are not against the whites, only their hegemony. We need to form a regional system so that we can have access to these relics," states Palomino. In Mexico, the theft of 140 priceless Indian objects from the National Museum of Anthropology last Christmas eve renewed demands for the return of valuable ritual objects to the Indian communities from which they were originally removed. Indian organizations such as the National Nahua Council, who are descendants of the Aztecs, have long demanded such repatriation. Santiago Gonzales, a Tarascan Indian, said, "We don't know who stole those pieces Christmas eve, but the Anthropology Museum steals from us all the time." Actress Shirley MacLaine has demonstrated recently another way that Indian heritage is stolen. Filming her life story in Peru, she spoke of revelations she received that the famous lines and figures drawn in the desert near Nasca are the work of extraterrestrials. Most other people familiar with the tremendous accomplishments of Indian cultures see no reason to attribute them to outside forces. A beautiful collector's edition silkscreen print of the mythical Morib-it fish is now available through SAIIC. Each print is numbered and signed by Ailton Krenak, an artist with the Nucleo de Cultura Indigena in Brazil and a coordinator of the ·union of Indian Nations (UNI). Printed in red and black on pastel paper, the silkscreens are $30 unframed or $65 framed. All proceeds will benefit UNI. Page 18 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Art Dealers Raid Indian Heritage Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Art Dealers Raid Indian Heritage Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (17-18).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/17fe8d3f2846adcc0b983735e38cceb4.pdf af7ceb18cb29ec13651aa15fcbc89654 PDF Text Text asking the government, "Is it okay to buy the land or is it okay to put our homes on the land?" When we see the need to go back to our land, our people are just moving back and sitting on it, living in tents or busses or makeshift homes, starting to build up the land, and starting to survive on the little land that we have. Whenever there is a land occupation, the people are always supportive of it. And that is encouraging, because the people support it from the right wing to the left wing, from the old to the young. We are starting to take control of our lives. We now speak Maori to one another and to other people, and if they can't understand it, too bad. We have a pre-school, and only Maori is spoken there. At the school there are older brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, a whole fanu base. That is the extended family. It is only through that, through the nurturing of the child to go out into the so-called rat race, so that they can cope with it, that we can survive. We have our own spirituality. We can say a story and it has three or four meanings to it. We believe all the meanings are the right ones. We know that the people of the Pacific need to unite together. We all achieve our independence together. Nobody is free until everybody is free. To the people of South America, we say, "Be strong in your stance." The Seventh eneration Fund SAIIC has been working with Victoria Bomberry and the Seventh Generation Fund to find ways to bring together Indian people of North, Central, and South America. Victoria, who is also editor of Native Self-Sufficiency, spoke with SAIIC recently about Indian sovereignty. SAIIC: Could you tell us about the Seventh Generation Fund? What is the basis for the work you do? Victoria: The Seventh Generation Fund was founded in 1977 by a group of activists who were interested in moving from merely rhetorical speech about sovereignty toward making sovereignty a reality. In order to do that, there were several things that needed to be articulated. People here had a notion of sovereignty and we started working on all the areas that make a people sovereign. To be sovereign, a nation needs to have an economic system. It needs to have a shared culture and language. It needs to have a land base, and it needs to have a people who are tied together by those common bonds. We began thinking about ways we could move these things to reality on reservations throughout North America. SAIIC: What kinds of projects have you been doing to make these kinds of changes? Victoria: We've worked in several different areas. We work with land and natural resources protection. We work in the area of economic development to find ways that are culturally benign and environmentally protective and to develop economies that are selfsustaining. For example, we have worked with several Navajo communities to develop an agricultural system based on traditional foods, and branching out to develop crops that can be sold in the market place for a little bit of cash income. Page 16 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. �We've worked with the Western Shoshone people in their fight to maintain their ancestral homeland. They were also able to successfully defeat the MX missile that was proposed to go into Nevada. They used the argument that they held title to the land and it worked. We've worked with women's health projects. We've worked with women who were interested in reviewing traditional methods of healing and midwifery. They have been very successful in their communities in bringing women together to talk about their common concerns and to gain control over their reproductive rights. We've worked with over 85 projects in the past eight years and they are all grassroots, Indian-controlled, Indian-initiated projects in Canada and the United States. SAIIC: How have you now become involved with some hemispheric-wide concerns of Indian people? Victoria: We became involved as an organization in 1981 when the people in Guatemala asked us to speak out on their behalf. We ran a full-page ad in The New York Times denouncing the Guatemalan government for their brutalization of the Guatemalan people, in particular the Indian people who are the majority in that country. We keep finding, no matter where we go or who we talk to, that our concerns as Indian people are the same concerns. We're all concerned about our land, our spirituality, our families, our communities, and our rights to exist as separate, distinct people. Those are themes that come up over and over again. And they are the same issues that people involved in both hemispheres are working on right now. I think that we have a lot to learn from one another as Indian people, and I think that we can help one another. You know, it's all community. We are talking about community, and there are many people now working in both the United States and Canada to rebuild their communities and rebuild their nations. I think it is time to start reaching out to other Indian people in Central America and South America and to start rebuilding the ties that we've had over the centuries. For more information about the Seventh Generation Fund, write P.O. Box 10, Forestville, CA 94536. Art Dealers Raid Indian Heritage John Ross, a correspondent writing from Peru, reports that the heritage of Indian civilizations is vanishing from under the noses of the Peruvian and Mexican governments. The Peruvian government is concerned that some 50,000 objects created by Indian cultures before the European invasion are being stolen by graverobbers and art dealers each year. But descendants of the Incas argue that the government's policy of nationalizing such objects constitutes theft of Indian heritage by non-Indian governments. "The whites manipulate our culture. They make laws for their own class and state which, of course, is not truly national, since we, the majority of the population, are excluded from power," says Salvador Palomino, a Quechua-speaking descendant of the Incas and one Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page P � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Seventh Generation Fund Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title The Seventh Generation Fund Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (16-17).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/430b09b0b267581a419676f1ab55c3b1.pdf e53194f95907fe17196fdd3ea56fb0fe PDF Text Text new federation and opened a cultural center in the eastern part of the island. In a recent letter, Roy Nigerian Harris, leader of the Young Maroons, says, "We seek support to assist our music, our poetry, our sports, our religion, and also our drama. At the moment, we are lacking funds, but our heritage is very rich, and there is a lot owed to us. We are seeking sponsors, who would have a lot to gain. If cultural tours with lectures could be arranged, great." The Maroons can be contacted at The Maroons Cultural Centre, 12 Harbour Street, Port Antonio, Jamaica, Xaymaca, WI. In the United States, I can be reached c/o 360 62nd Street, Oakland, CA 94618. Music of the Maroons is available on Folkways Records, 43 W. 61st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10023. -Randi Kristensen Caribs From Three Groups Meet In Dominica Throughout the Caribbean there is an increasing awareness of indigenous concerns. According to the newspaper /ere, Carib representatives from Belize, St. Vincent and Dominica met in the spring in Dominica and called for more governmental recognition of Carib culture and identity. Like the Maroons in Jamaica, Caribs are descended from Indians and Africans who banded together in resistance to colonial European society. Caribs living in Dominica maintain a local government Carib Council headed by the Carib Chief, who is elected directly by the people, according to tradition. However, the representative from St. Vincent at the conference spoke of the lack of such structures on his island and expressed concern about the disappearance of the culture of St. Vincent's estimated 5,600 Caribs. "We would like when the gap is filled and we are together as one people," he said. Another conference is planned on St. Vincent next year with the theme "Caribbean Indigenous Revival." . aon AOTEAROA leg its In June a delegation of seven Maori from Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand) traveled to the United States. They were hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area by Women of All Red Nations and the International Indian Treaty Council. Hinewhare Harawira of the Wailangi Action Committee told SAIIC: We have about 3.5 million people in Aotearoa and 300,000 are Maori. We are fighting for our independence. We don't now have control of our lands. And one thing we find important as a first step in our independence is the taking back of our lands. The way we want to do it is not by Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 15 �asking the government, "Is it okay to buy the land or is it okay to put our homes on the land?" When we see the need to go back to our land, our people are just moving back and sitting on it, living in tents or busses or makeshift homes, starting to build up the land, and starting to survive on the little land that we have. Whenever there is a land occupation, the people are always supportive of it. And that is encouraging, because the people support it from the right wing to the left wing, from the old to the young. We are starting to take control of our lives. We now speak Maori to one another and to other people, and if they can't understand it, too bad. We have a pre-school, and only Maori is spoken there. At the school there are older brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, a whole fanu base. That is the extended family. It is only through that, through the nurturing of the child to go out into the so-called rat race, so that they can cope with it, that we can survive. We have our own spirituality. We can say a story and it has three or four meanings to it. We believe all the meanings are the right ones. We know that the people of the Pacific need to unite together. We all achieve our independence together. Nobody is free until everybody is free. To the people of South America, we say, "Be strong in your stance." The Seventh eneration Fund SAIIC has been working with Victoria Bomberry and the Seventh Generation Fund to find ways to bring together Indian people of North, Central, and South America. Victoria, who is also editor of Native Self-Sufficiency, spoke with SAIIC recently about Indian sovereignty. SAIIC: Could you tell us about the Seventh Generation Fund? What is the basis for the work you do? Victoria: The Seventh Generation Fund was founded in 1977 by a group of activists who were interested in moving from merely rhetorical speech about sovereignty toward making sovereignty a reality. In order to do that, there were several things that needed to be articulated. People here had a notion of sovereignty and we started working on all the areas that make a people sovereign. To be sovereign, a nation needs to have an economic system. It needs to have a shared culture and language. It needs to have a land base, and it needs to have a people who are tied together by those common bonds. We began thinking about ways we could move these things to reality on reservations throughout North America. SAIIC: What kinds of projects have you been doing to make these kinds of changes? Victoria: We've worked in several different areas. We work with land and natural resources protection. We work in the area of economic development to find ways that are culturally benign and environmentally protective and to develop economies that are selfsustaining. For example, we have worked with several Navajo communities to develop an agricultural system based on traditional foods, and branching out to develop crops that can be sold in the market place for a little bit of cash income. Page 16 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maori Delegation Visits United States (Aotearoa) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Maori Delegation Visits United States (Aotearoa) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (15-16).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/7095b8a363253fb8b50d214e66aeafd2.pdf 3927ebcb461299a57a1825e007113c64 PDF Text Text new federation and opened a cultural center in the eastern part of the island. In a recent letter, Roy Nigerian Harris, leader of the Young Maroons, says, "We seek support to assist our music, our poetry, our sports, our religion, and also our drama. At the moment, we are lacking funds, but our heritage is very rich, and there is a lot owed to us. We are seeking sponsors, who would have a lot to gain. If cultural tours with lectures could be arranged, great." The Maroons can be contacted at The Maroons Cultural Centre, 12 Harbour Street, Port Antonio, Jamaica, Xaymaca, WI. In the United States, I can be reached c/o 360 62nd Street, Oakland, CA 94618. Music of the Maroons is available on Folkways Records, 43 W. 61st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10023. -Randi Kristensen Caribs From Three Groups Meet In Dominica Throughout the Caribbean there is an increasing awareness of indigenous concerns. According to the newspaper /ere, Carib representatives from Belize, St. Vincent and Dominica met in the spring in Dominica and called for more governmental recognition of Carib culture and identity. Like the Maroons in Jamaica, Caribs are descended from Indians and Africans who banded together in resistance to colonial European society. Caribs living in Dominica maintain a local government Carib Council headed by the Carib Chief, who is elected directly by the people, according to tradition. However, the representative from St. Vincent at the conference spoke of the lack of such structures on his island and expressed concern about the disappearance of the culture of St. Vincent's estimated 5,600 Caribs. "We would like when the gap is filled and we are together as one people," he said. Another conference is planned on St. Vincent next year with the theme "Caribbean Indigenous Revival." . aon AOTEAROA leg its In June a delegation of seven Maori from Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand) traveled to the United States. They were hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area by Women of All Red Nations and the International Indian Treaty Council. Hinewhare Harawira of the Wailangi Action Committee told SAIIC: We have about 3.5 million people in Aotearoa and 300,000 are Maori. We are fighting for our independence. We don't now have control of our lands. And one thing we find important as a first step in our independence is the taking back of our lands. The way we want to do it is not by Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caribs from Three Groups Meet in Dominica (Caribbean) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Caribs from Three Groups Meet in Dominica (Caribbean) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/b36f9144f2fc82965e734d2c3489daca.pdf 6ec9ebb28b54663102c562fbf342fda5 PDF Text Text CARIBBEAN s eritage The Maroons are descendants of Arawak Indians and Africans who fought against the British in Jamaica in the late 1500's and early 1700's. Originally, Jamaica was colonized by the Spanish, who used the indigenous Arawak name for the island, Xaymaca, and enslaved the Arawak people. The Arawaks, known as a peaceful people, soon began to die of starvation, disease, and overwork, so the Spanish began to import slaves from the west coast of Africa, including Akan, Ibo, and Mandinka. In 1655 the British invaded the island, and the Arawaks, Africans, and Spanish took to the interior hills to fight them, each for different reasons, of course. Finally, the Spanish gave up and fled, but the Arawaks and Africans continued fighting and became known as the Maroons, from the Spanish word cimarrones, meaning domesticated cattle that would escape and become wild and unmanageable. There is no written history of the time from the Maroons' point of view, but from oral history it is known that the Arawaks and Africans helped each other. The Arawaks knew the land and taught the Africans what they knew. They intermarried and, under the leadership of Colonel M. L. Wright of the Accompong Maroons Nanny, a guerrilla woman and spiritual leader, playing the gumbe drum. the Maroons made a peace treaty with the British in 1739, winning the right to freedom, self-government, and land. Music is an integral part of the Maroon culture. One of the most honored instruments is the abeng, which is carved from the horn of a cow. The abeng, which only plays two notes, was used to communicate from hillside to hillside during the war, and it has a language that to this day is known only to the Maroons. It is never used for entertainment and is only blown freely at Christmas. One Maroon song is said to have been sung by Nanny after the Treaty of 1739 to urge the Maroons to unite and obey the treaty: What a wonderful people behave o yo Many bloods behave o people This Nanny has called for. Unfortunately, as with indigenous peoples in many countries around the world, the Maroons are being pushed to give up their culture and assimilate into Jamaican society. However, they have recently mobilized into a .Rage 14 Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986 . �new federation and opened a cultural center in the eastern part of the island. In a recent letter, Roy Nigerian Harris, leader of the Young Maroons, says, "We seek support to assist our music, our poetry, our sports, our religion, and also our drama. At the moment, we are lacking funds, but our heritage is very rich, and there is a lot owed to us. We are seeking sponsors, who would have a lot to gain. If cultural tours with lectures could be arranged, great." The Maroons can be contacted at The Maroons Cultural Centre, 12 Harbour Street, Port Antonio, Jamaica, Xaymaca, WI. In the United States, I can be reached c/o 360 62nd Street, Oakland, CA 94618. Music of the Maroons is available on Folkways Records, 43 W. 61st St., N.Y., N.Y. 10023. -Randi Kristensen Caribs From Three Groups Meet In Dominica Throughout the Caribbean there is an increasing awareness of indigenous concerns. According to the newspaper /ere, Carib representatives from Belize, St. Vincent and Dominica met in the spring in Dominica and called for more governmental recognition of Carib culture and identity. Like the Maroons in Jamaica, Caribs are descended from Indians and Africans who banded together in resistance to colonial European society. Caribs living in Dominica maintain a local government Carib Council headed by the Carib Chief, who is elected directly by the people, according to tradition. However, the representative from St. Vincent at the conference spoke of the lack of such structures on his island and expressed concern about the disappearance of the culture of St. Vincent's estimated 5,600 Caribs. "We would like when the gap is filled and we are together as one people," he said. Another conference is planned on St. Vincent next year with the theme "Caribbean Indigenous Revival." . aon AOTEAROA leg its In June a delegation of seven Maori from Aotearoa (also known as New Zealand) traveled to the United States. They were hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area by Women of All Red Nations and the International Indian Treaty Council. Hinewhare Harawira of the Wailangi Action Committee told SAIIC: We have about 3.5 million people in Aotearoa and 300,000 are Maori. We are fighting for our independence. We don't now have control of our lands. And one thing we find important as a first step in our independence is the taking back of our lands. The way we want to do it is not by Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 15 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maroons Maintain Indigenous Heritage (Caribbean) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Maroons Maintain Indigenous Heritage (Caribbean) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (14-15).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c73260c5f37be87c16a5ac7891758cdc.pdf 9464260e543303c37bef9541f70f530d PDF Text Text The photographs of Guatemala in this issue were taken by the late Pamela Israel, anthropologist and photographer, who worked extensively in Guatemala and with the Shuar in Ecuador. They were taken in 1979 in San Miguel Uspantdn, department of El Quiche, just prior to the devastating government military assault on communities in the area. An exhibit of Pamela's work will be held at the Lowie Museum in Berkeley in October, 1986. Pamela Israel notes, "In 1979 the army established a permanent post in Uspantdn in response to a growing guerrilla movement. As a way to improve their image in the area, the military sponsored a weekend health clinic and food depository. This poster (left) hung on walls in Uspantdn to announce services the military medical expedition would provide. The poster says that the military will give medical examinations, distribute medication, provide a barber, extract bad teeth, fumigate houses, and provide children's games. Although helicopters had been patrolling the mountainsides for at least three months, they had never landed in town. When the military clinic flew officers to this site, landing in the soccer field, many villagers left the market to have a look (below). After their weekend 'show' was over, the military never left." Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 13 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photographs of Guatemala by Pamela Israel Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Photographs of Guatemala by Pamela Israel Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (13).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/4863085cc9a43e2f244cf9306451973a.pdf 3f1bafa10e2a1cc727d7ef964f934cd1 PDF Text Text GUATEMALA Government Costs Recent Repression Domingo Hernandez Ixcoy, a MayaQuiche Indian who now lives in Mexico, was one of the founders of the Peasant Unity Movement in Guatemala. During a visit to the San Francisco Bay Area in June he made the following comments in a meeting with SAIIC: When we refugees think about the possibility of returning to Guatemala in the future, we are aware that we may be used by the new civilian government of Vincicio Cererzo. We think that the government is looking for a way to bring the refugees back, especially those living in the border areas of Mexico. We've drawn up some points to be considered. First, we can't go back as long as our villages are militarized. We fled the military government and we're not going back simply because there is a civilian government. Second, the civilian patrols should not be continued. If the refugees living outside the country are to return, it must be to have freedom and not to be forced into civilian patrols. Third, upon returning to the country the people should not be subject to manipulation by religious sects. In recent years religious sects from the United States have played a central role in dividing our people by supporting the counterinsurgency program of the Guatemalan army. We want to be left alone. We want autonomy and to continue developing as a people independently. We don't want programs from the United States financing the division and destabilization of our unity. Fourth, we want our own organizations-peasant cooperatives, peasant leagues, craft and artisan groups-to be allowed in our country so we can really help ourselves as communities. If we return, we are against the idea of being reorganized as "model" or "developing" communities, called "strategic" villages. It's important to note that the repression has hurt us profoundly. In vast parts of the country a large number of mass political organizations existed before. We know that the counterinsurgency program killed 30,000 people in four years. Now there are more than 200,000 orphans in the country and almost 200 villages have been destroyed. In Guatemala great setbacks were suffered by the democratic, popular, and revolutionary movements in the country. But the counterinsurgency has not been able to completely set back the aspirations of the people. We will continue establishing a more just society, changing Guatemalan society, acquiring independence and self-determination for our country, which our people have come to under- Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 11 �stand is the only way to resolve our social and economic problems. Significant achievements in Guatemala were made through the organization which I represent and of which I was a founding member, the Peasant Unity Movement in Guatemala. We organized a large number of Indian farmers and managed to bring attention to significant events in Guatemala, such as the heroic takeover of the Spanish embassy, the southern coast uprising of 76,000 workers, and the insurrection of Indian people in the central highlands. We succeeded in erasing an image of ourselves as inferior imposed on us since colonial times. It was said that we didn't have ability, that we didn't have political expertise, and that we didn't form a part of the political spectrum. Now the Guatemalan Indians, in addition to knowing our abilities, are immersed in a revolutionary political process which is seeking social change in our country. Another important step is that we came to know the enemy better, principally the army, which protects the interests of rich people in our country. There has been self-evaluation since the time of the repression. Some people don't accept the fact that we've been set back considerably. For some the belief that the righteous spirit of the Guatemalan people will bring about social changes in our country is the departure point. Another position, one that I subscribe to, is the belief in the necessity of the formation of leaders who really grasp the global nature of the struggle, who will know not only political concepts but also military ones with which to push the struggle of our people forward in the future, who will understand the different forms of struggle which are important to develop in our country. It is something that we must deal with, that we have suffered a defeat, but that we haven't been totally exterminated. Domingo also spoke of the role of religion in resistance. We mix Christian and our traditional INVITA A !.A beliefs quite a bit. We participate in the Catholic JORNADA MEDICA MIUTAR church, but we also maintain our rituals as Indian people. We ask forgiveness to the mounASISTENCIAL tains. We burn copal for the mountains and also USPANTAN 10-11-12 DE AGOSTO 1919 for the moon. Maya-Quiches consider the moon to be our grandmother, the sun our father, and the earth our mother. We have ceremonies every year to thank them for the life they give us. We also believe that corn gives us life. We respect animals and plants, as they are part of the universe. Our parents taught us to live in harmony with nature. We look at the stars to know when to go to sleep. They guide the people. We rise at 4:00 a.m. and the first thing we do is look for the stars, to see where they are. I believe in all this, and I will continue to. I am also teaching it to my daughters. It is part of us, of our identity, our Indian culture. The Guatemalan army knows all this. They know our rituals and are trying to destroy our culture. They are burning our sacred mountains. Page 12 Vol. 2, no. 4. 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Title A name given to the resource Refugees Evaluate New Government and Costs of Recent Repression (Guatemala) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Refugees Evaluate New Government and Costs of Recent Repression (Guatemala) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (11-12).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/0b09ce85dd6bec77bd56527d8cd244d3.pdf 177d5991ff8b960301141fafa485fe1c PDF Text Text '' "We Indian people want the National Organization of Indians in Colombia (ONIC) to be like a great Maloca (the traditional communal house), a Maloca built with the hands and effort of everybody, where we can all fit, without leaving anyone out." In February ONIC held the Second National Indian Congress in Colombia. More than 900 people representing about 500,000 Indians got together to evaluate the activities of the organization and to discuss the present situation of Indian communities in relation to organization, land tenure, economic life, health, education, ownership and use of natural resources, study and use of Indian legislation, and relations with non-Indian popular movements. Conclusions of the meeting, according to Unidad Indigena, the newspaper published by ONIC, included: -"In relation to land, we marshaled our strength to pursue the enlargement of the reserves until we get the minimum land necessary to guarantee our existence. -"In relation to communications, we want the newspaper Unidad Indigena to become a voice for all the communities in the country by training people in the regional organizations to do journalistic work. -"In relation to legislation, we must study the laws that exist and compel the government to comply with the laws which protect us. -"In the field of education, we have formed a special committee within ONIC to ensure the enforcement of decree 1142, which assures the autonomy of Indian communities. -"In relation to economy, we call for Indian communities to take upon ourselves the responsibility of directing our own development projects so that resources are dedicated to programs of communal interests. -"In relation to health, we encourage the pursuit of ways to combine western medicine and traditional Indian medicine. -"In relation to other organizations, we propose that our interactions not be utilitarian and that we trade materials and share experiences more frequently in order to enrich our relationships." Indian youth joined the Congress, formed their own commission, and proposed that youth meetings in the regional organizations should also be held because "only in this way can we improve our education and recuperate our cultural values." Despite the difficult situation that Indian people face in Colombiaincluding invasion of their lands, the presence of non-Indian religious organizations, and the danger of being caught in confrontations between government military forces and guerrilla groups-the Second National Indian Congress reinforced the unity of Indian people and the goal "to live off our land, from our own hands, with our parents and our children, in peace which has always been present in our communities. Page 10 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Building the Great Maloca" (Colombia) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title "Building the Great Maloca" (Colombia) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (10).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/c3d554586ef7762fa11bafe1d34d953f.pdf 4bea9f5d491eb26b0da6140a6582b444 PDF Text Text brings poverty to the majority and takes from us our feeling for life, which is the most important thing there is. Organizations are not made for us. They must be created. Begin with your home. At home we have trust. Trust is the seed. In Otavalo Community Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua Indian from Otavalo, Ecuador, who is visiting in San Francisco, recently made the following comments on education in her community: For those of us living in rural communities, it's very hard to educate our children. It is important to us that there is good bi-lingual education that strengthens our culture and communities. But many children are needed in the family's effort to survive economically, so they can't attend school. And the government gives very little support to education in rural communities. Most children don't go beyond the fourth grade. In my community, Mariano Acosta, it is the community itself and the school teacher who work together to make an education possible for our children. The community organizes mingas (community work groups) to construct roads, the school building, and other community buildings. Sometimes we have to use our imagination to make educational equipment and materials. Every week we organize in mingas to improve our community, to continue forward each day for the future of our children. lnd Voters Major Factor In Elections The greatly increased political organization of Indian communities was cited as a major factor in the overwhelming rejection June 1 of a constitutional referendum proposed by Ecuador's conservative government, according to Juan Aulestia, Oxfam America program representative for South America. Speaking at a meeting jointly sponsored by SAIIC and Oxfam America in Berkeley on June 19, Juan said that the growing realization among Indian communities that they can be a majority of the electorate was one of the most impressive developments he observed during a recent trip to Ecuador, which is his native country. Juan said that the conservative government of President Le6n Febres Cordero has moved to undermine Indian political organizations by renewing government support for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, an evangelical organization ordered to leave Ecuador by a previous government under pressure from Indian / \' \ ) /' groups. The government has also created "ghost" organizations which it claims ':\) /y/"i~ I'""' represent Indian interests as a means of spreading disunity in Indian communities. \ Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indian Voters Major Factor in Elections (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Indian Voters Major Factor in Elections (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/files/original/5aa04ed581af94af01e75b794cb80be2.pdf 4bea9f5d491eb26b0da6140a6582b444 PDF Text Text brings poverty to the majority and takes from us our feeling for life, which is the most important thing there is. Organizations are not made for us. They must be created. Begin with your home. At home we have trust. Trust is the seed. In Otavalo Community Mariana Chuquin, a Quichua Indian from Otavalo, Ecuador, who is visiting in San Francisco, recently made the following comments on education in her community: For those of us living in rural communities, it's very hard to educate our children. It is important to us that there is good bi-lingual education that strengthens our culture and communities. But many children are needed in the family's effort to survive economically, so they can't attend school. And the government gives very little support to education in rural communities. Most children don't go beyond the fourth grade. In my community, Mariano Acosta, it is the community itself and the school teacher who work together to make an education possible for our children. The community organizes mingas (community work groups) to construct roads, the school building, and other community buildings. Sometimes we have to use our imagination to make educational equipment and materials. Every week we organize in mingas to improve our community, to continue forward each day for the future of our children. lnd Voters Major Factor In Elections The greatly increased political organization of Indian communities was cited as a major factor in the overwhelming rejection June 1 of a constitutional referendum proposed by Ecuador's conservative government, according to Juan Aulestia, Oxfam America program representative for South America. Speaking at a meeting jointly sponsored by SAIIC and Oxfam America in Berkeley on June 19, Juan said that the growing realization among Indian communities that they can be a majority of the electorate was one of the most impressive developments he observed during a recent trip to Ecuador, which is his native country. Juan said that the conservative government of President Le6n Febres Cordero has moved to undermine Indian political organizations by renewing government support for the Summer Institute of Linguistics, an evangelical organization ordered to leave Ecuador by a previous government under pressure from Indian / \' \ ) /' groups. The government has also created "ghost" organizations which it claims ':\) /y/"i~ I'""' represent Indian interests as a means of spreading disunity in Indian communities. \ Vol. 2, no. 4. Summer, 1986. Page 9 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer 1986) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Educational Efforts in Otavalo Community (Ecuador) Type The nature or genre of the resource Journal Article Language A language of the resource English Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1986 Zotero Title Educational Efforts in Otavalo Community (Ecuador) Item Type Journal Article Attachment Title Vol. 2, no. 4 (9).pdf Attachment URL [No URL] Issue 4 Volume 2 Publication Title SAIIC Newsletter Language English